Everything is Waiting For You
"Everything is Waiting for You" is a poem by David Whyte that emphasizes the importance of recognizing the connections and intimacy in our surroundings, encouraging us to let go of feelings of isolation and engage with the world around us. It suggests that everything in life is ready to support and connect with us if we open ourselves to it" -- New York Times : (arghhh.. where is that link..)
Everything is waiting for you
Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice. You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the
conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.
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